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Reviews: Mamo #1, Masters of the Universe: Revelation #1, Skybound X #1, X-Men Vol 6 #1, Monsters at Work animated series, Black Widow film Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Ashley, Ricky, Marta and Emily. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watched what we revi...

In our 63rd episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome Paul Bacera from the popular YouTube channel The Asian Theory .  It's K-Pop month on CBI and Jimmy leads us down the path. In this episode, we'll go over the history and origins of K-Pop from where it started to where it is now and how it's taking over the world. Open your mind and expand your hori...

Reviews: The Mighty Crusaders: The Shield #1, Parasomnia #1, The United States of Captain America #1, America: The Motion Picture, The Tomorrow War Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Ashley, Jon, and Ricky. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watched what we revi...

In our 62nd episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome back Avery Kaplan (The Beat Features Editor) to finish up Spider-Man month. We chatted about the Spidey films post-Raimi. The forgettable Garfield ones, the joyous Holland ones and the incredible Into the Spider-Verse .  Are the Garfield ones at all memorable? What is do delightful about Holland's...

Reviews: Batman: Reptilian #1, Heroes Return #1, Marvel Voices: Pride One-Shot, Batman: The Long Halloween Pt 1 animated film Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Ashley, Jon, Marta, Ricky and Producer Joe. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watched what we review...

In another unplugged episode, Jimmy welcomes back good friend Rachael Smith to the podcast. They discuss her new comic collection QUARANTINE COMIX: A MEMOIR OF LIFE IN LOCKDOWN from Icon Books. At the beginning of lockdown in the UK, Rachael began doing diary comics to stave off both boredom and depression. It's touching, heartwarming, funny and full of all of the emotions. Available now at your l...

In our 61st episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome Avery Kaplan (The Beat Features Editor) to join us in discussing the 2007 Sam Raimi directed film Spider-Man 3. We'll be covering all 3 of Raimi's Spider-Man films this month and then the ones that came after them. Did we make it through the re-watch? What was with the dancing? Were the multiple pl...

Jimmy and Producer Joe have an informative and fun chat with New York Comic Con (NYCC) showrunner Kristina Rogers. Because of the pandemic, what will be some of the major changes? Will everyone have to be vaccinated? How will ticketing work? Will cosplayers be allowed to wear helmets or superhero masks? How will they do crowd/line control? All the questions were asked! For all of you NYCC attendee...

Reviews: Planet-Size X-Men #1, Static Season One #1, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1, Black Summer s2, Luca Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Ashley, and Ricky. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watched what we reviewed and send us your thoughts! Thanks to Emi...

In our 60th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome Avery Kaplan (The Beat Features Editor) to join us in discussing the 2004 Sam Raimi directed film Spider-Man 2. We'll be covering all 3 of Raimi's Spider-Man films this month and then the ones that came after them. Is Alfred Molina the best superhero movie villain ever? Will Peter and Mary Jane eve...

Reviews: DC Pride #1, Fear the Walking Dead  s6 finale, Loki series premiere, Trese animated series, Wish Dragon Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Ashley, Jon, Ricky, Marta and father/son duo of Edward & Evan. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watched what we...

In our 59th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome Avery Kaplan (The Beat Features Editor) to join us in discussing the 2002 Sam Raimi directed film Spider-Man. We'll be covering all 3 of Raimi's Spider-Man films this month and then the ones that came after them. Does it hold up? Was the casting on point? Why was Una Damon not credited for her role...

Reviews: Basilisk #1, Crush & Lobo #1, North Force #1, Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters #1, Lucifer season 5.2, Sweet Tooth season 1 Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Ashley, Ricky, Marta and Producer Joe. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watched what we...

UK publisher SelfMadeHero always puts out great work and they have an engaging new anthology called I FEEL LOVE that is currently out. It's a weird, funky and freaky look at love. 6 great stories by 6 great cartoonists! Jimmy chats solo with contributor Kelsey Wroten about her story in the anthology, the concept behind it, her art style, what she's reading and more! Jimmy recruits the Features Edi...

UK publisher SelfMadeHero always puts out great work and they have an engaging new anthology called I FEEL LOVE that is currently out. It's a weird, funky and freaky look at love. 6 great stories by 6 great cartoonists! Jimmy chats solo with SMH founder/managing director Emma Hayley about the book as well as what else is coming from the publisher this year. Looks like a lot of amazing graphic nove...

Reviews: Blue Flame #1, Heroes Reborn: Magneto and the Mutant Force One-Shot, Made In Korea #1, Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition #0, Black Lightning series finale Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Jon, Ashley, and Ricky. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or wa...

In our 58th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome actors Olivia Oguma and Reggie De Leon. May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and we continue celebrating Asian Americans. They chat about their careers as Asian American actors, the struggles, the triumphs, the auditions, the madness, representation, casting, and more! Really great to hear...

It's Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and our Filipino-American host Jimmy wants to showcase fellow AAPI. Joining him is a writer of such comic works as AFTER HOUDINI, BEFORE HOUDINI, SKIP TO THE END and VIRTUALLY YOURS . Currently they have a new comic mini-series out this week from Image Comics called MADE IN KOREA. In a lengthy & delightful talk, they cover comics, culture, race, identity,...

Reviews: Rangers of the Divide #1, Shang-Chi Vol 2 #1, Adventure Time: Distant Lands: Together Again, The Bite, Marvel's M.O.D.O.K., Army of the Dead Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Jon, Ashley, Ricky and Producer Joe. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watch...

It's the big 1200th episode and Jimmy and Joe are live from a bar...oh wait, no. Pandemic stuff. Right. Jimmy and Joe Zoom it up for a nice leisurely chat about what they are reading and watching lately over the past year. Joe also invites a local comic shop owner, Cristopher Livecchi, on to talk about what's it like owning a comic book store during lockdown. If you're ever in Kingston, NY, stop b...

In our 57th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome Shing Yin Khor ( The Legend of Auntie Po ) and Trung Le Nguyen ( The Magic Fish ). May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and we continue celebrating Asian Americans. They chat about their incredible works, adapting American myths, road trips, food, theater, and more!  Join us each week to wa...

Jimmy is joined by pal Ricardo Serrano Denis to discuss season 1 of JUPITER'S LEGACY on Netflix. We chat our likes/dislikes and give our overall thoughts on it. How true to the comic does the series remain? Who are some of the standout characters? Does the story hold together going from past to present? Are any of the families not dysfunctional? Did anyone see the big twist coming?  Also, get a ho...

It's Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and our Filipino host Jimmy wants to showcase fellow AAPI. Joining him is award winning Korean American writer and filmmaker Greg Pak. Greg has worked on such comics as Hulk, Star Wars, Action Comics, X-Men, Mech Cadet Yu, Ronin Island, John Wick, Stranger Things and many more. They chat about his current work including a new Boom! Studios edition The Pri...

Reviews: DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration One-Shot  Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Jon, Ashley, and Ricky. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watched what we reviewed and send us your thoughts! Only one review this week as we continue t...

In our 56th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome Qui Nguyen ( Raya and the Last Dragon co-writer) and Therese Lacson ( Nerdophiles co-founder) this week's panel. May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. They celebrate film/TV by, starring and/or about Asian Americans in a great discussion. So many great films & TV shows by great Asian/Pacifi...